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Education and Practice

Implementing Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines: A Systematic Literature Review

, MD, , MS, NREMT, , MPH, NRP ORCID Icon, , MS, NRP, , MD, MPH & , MD, MS (for the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium)
Pages 511-519 | Received 30 Aug 2017, Accepted 28 Nov 2017, Published online: 19 Jan 2018

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